NOSEPICKING
Nose-picking
Nose-picking is the act of extracting nasal mucus with one's finger and may include the succeeding action of ingesting the mucus from the nose-picking . Some scientists argue that mucophagy provides benefits for the human body. Friedrich Bischinger, an Austrian doctor specializing in lungs advocates using fingers to pick and ingesting nasal mucus, states people who do so get "a natural boost to their immune system." The mucus contains a "cocktail of antiseptic enzymes that kill or weaken many of the bacteria that become entangled in it," so reintroducing the 'crippled' microorganisms "may afford the immune system an ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Nose-picking
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